Kaitlyn Hunt has accepted a new plea deal.She spent about 15 minutes in court Thursday.Hunt pleaded no contest to two counts of battery, two counts of interference with child custody and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a child.In exchange, she will have to serve three years of probation.Hunt is the 19-year-old Sebastian woman who, at age 18, had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old schoolmate at Sebastian River High School.She was expelled from school in February and then arrested in May, touching off a national firestorm of media coverage and debate.Hunt rejected a plea offer from the state several months ago, and was even offered a second deal in August, but prosecutors took that off the table when they gathered evidence suggesting Hunt violated a judge's order to stay away from the alleged victim, now 15 years old.Since then, Hunt has been in the custody of the Indian River County jail.An attorney for the victim's family, Charles Sullivan Jr., said it was never the intent of his client to harm the defendant, adding that the case was never about gender or sexual orientation."It was about age appropriate relationships and following the rules and laws of society," Sullivan said.But Kelly Hunt Smith, Kaitlyn's mother, left the courtroom, clearly upset over the ordeal. She said she will continue to fight for her daughter."(Kaitlyn) wanted to save her future, and I can respect that," Kelly Hunt Smith said. "I still think that it's so wrong on so many levels, not the right thing."Kaitlyn Hunt is scheduled to be released from jail on Dec. 20.View, Share Breaking News Photos On WPBF.com's u local:9146236

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Hunt pleaded no contest to two counts of battery, two counts of interference with child custody and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a child.

In exchange, she will have to serve three years of probation.

Hunt is the 19-year-old Sebastian woman who, at age 18, had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old schoolmate at Sebastian River High School.

She was expelled from school in February and then arrested in May, touching off a national firestorm of media coverage and debate.

Hunt rejected a plea offer from the state several months ago, and was even offered a second deal in August, but prosecutors took that off the table when they gathered evidence suggesting Hunt violated a judge's order to stay away from the alleged victim, now 15 years old.

Since then, Hunt has been in the custody of the Indian River County jail.

An attorney for the victim's family, Charles Sullivan Jr., said it was never the intent of his client to harm the defendant, adding that the case was never about gender or sexual orientation.

"It was about age appropriate relationships and following the rules and laws of society," Sullivan said.

But Kelly Hunt Smith, Kaitlyn's mother, left the courtroom, clearly upset over the ordeal. She said she will continue to fight for her daughter.

"(Kaitlyn) wanted to save her future, and I can respect that," Kelly Hunt Smith said. "I still think that it's so wrong on so many levels, not the right thing."